Journal of Mycology January, 1885; Vol. 1, No. 1.
Manhattan, Kansas: Mercury Publishing House, Printers, 1885. Booklet, stapled in wrappers (21 x 14 cm.), 16 pages. FIRST EDITION of the first issue of the first American periodical dedicated to mycology. Includes a statement of purpose for the new journal, and reports of new-found fungi (in this case new fungi from Kansas and from Iowa. Also included is a separate article, "North American Geasters", and a review of new literature.....